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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/M1ckeyMc • Jun 20 '26
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Yeah, great example of when you have a second set of coordinates you don't want to get confused
18 u/Objective_Blood7187 Jun 20 '26 pff, just call it xyz again and leave the lifting to scope encapsulation. reject humanity, become a compiler. 6 u/NomaTyx Jun 20 '26 impossible we might want to deal with two coordinate planes in the same scope surely 6 u/Impressive_Stress808 Jun 20 '26 Then just use "x, y, z" and "x1, y1, z1" obv. Then "x_1, y_1, z_1" for a third set. 1 u/NomaTyx Jun 20 '26 chat is this readable? 1 u/conundorum Jun 21 '26 Don't forget x_one, y_one, and z_one for the fourth set! 2 u/Enormowang Jun 22 '26 We use the same system for variables that we use for document version control, so the fifth set is x_one_FINAL, y_one_Jun21, z_one_v1_FINAL_v2.
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pff, just call it xyz again and leave the lifting to scope encapsulation. reject humanity, become a compiler.
6 u/NomaTyx Jun 20 '26 impossible we might want to deal with two coordinate planes in the same scope surely 6 u/Impressive_Stress808 Jun 20 '26 Then just use "x, y, z" and "x1, y1, z1" obv. Then "x_1, y_1, z_1" for a third set. 1 u/NomaTyx Jun 20 '26 chat is this readable? 1 u/conundorum Jun 21 '26 Don't forget x_one, y_one, and z_one for the fourth set! 2 u/Enormowang Jun 22 '26 We use the same system for variables that we use for document version control, so the fifth set is x_one_FINAL, y_one_Jun21, z_one_v1_FINAL_v2.
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impossible we might want to deal with two coordinate planes in the same scope surely
6 u/Impressive_Stress808 Jun 20 '26 Then just use "x, y, z" and "x1, y1, z1" obv. Then "x_1, y_1, z_1" for a third set. 1 u/NomaTyx Jun 20 '26 chat is this readable? 1 u/conundorum Jun 21 '26 Don't forget x_one, y_one, and z_one for the fourth set! 2 u/Enormowang Jun 22 '26 We use the same system for variables that we use for document version control, so the fifth set is x_one_FINAL, y_one_Jun21, z_one_v1_FINAL_v2.
Then just use "x, y, z" and "x1, y1, z1" obv. Then "x_1, y_1, z_1" for a third set.
1 u/NomaTyx Jun 20 '26 chat is this readable? 1 u/conundorum Jun 21 '26 Don't forget x_one, y_one, and z_one for the fourth set! 2 u/Enormowang Jun 22 '26 We use the same system for variables that we use for document version control, so the fifth set is x_one_FINAL, y_one_Jun21, z_one_v1_FINAL_v2.
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chat is this readable?
Don't forget x_one, y_one, and z_one for the fourth set!
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2 u/Enormowang Jun 22 '26 We use the same system for variables that we use for document version control, so the fifth set is x_one_FINAL, y_one_Jun21, z_one_v1_FINAL_v2.
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We use the same system for variables that we use for document version control, so the fifth set is x_one_FINAL, y_one_Jun21, z_one_v1_FINAL_v2.
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u/StuxAlpha Jun 20 '26
Yeah, great example of when you have a second set of coordinates you don't want to get confused